Vocab Review

Quietude

calm

Extrude

to force out, as through a small opening

obtrude

to impose ones ideas on others

Loquacious

talkative

brink

edge

exalt

to raise high; glorify

hearten

Encourage; give strength

kindle

to ignite

portend

forecast

seethe

to be agitated

gastronomy

the art of good eating

propinquity

nearness

animosity

hatred

cupidity

greed

depravity

wickedness

hierarchy

A group organized by rank

plucky

Brave, spirited

Gravity

seriousness

accrue

to accumulate over time

macerate

to waste away

exemplar

an example or model

dire

desperate

garner

to gather or store

deter

to discourage

inure

to get used to something

machination

a scheming action intended to accomplish something usually evil

bolster

to support or give a boost to (as in a group)

hamper

to prevent

doff

to take off or remove

don

to put on

svelte

slim

magnate

a person of influence

stalactite

a tapering formation hanging from the ceiling of a cave

stalagmite

a conical mineral deposits formed on the floor of a cave

diurnal

occurring every day or during the day time

nocturnal

of or occurring at night

pristine

extremely pure

squalid

dirty and wretched

capitulate

to give in

validate

to declare legally vali